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Richard L. Livingston v. Douglas Curtis, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-3128 · judgment October 3, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
This Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. 83, 89-90 (2020) that non-unanimous criminal verdicts are unconstitutional. The question presented is whether that holding extends to courts-martial?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Allan Feldmeier
Law Offices of Robert Feldmeier
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 30, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent Curtis, Douglas to respond filed.
- Feb 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2026)